Ancient Graffiti on the walls of Pompeii
- Suspirium puellarum Celadus
thraex.
Celadus the Thracier makes the girls moan!
(C.I.L. IV, 4397; in the barracks of
the gladiators)
- Puteolanis felicia, omnibus
Nucerinis felicia et uncum Pompeianis Petecusanis.
Happiness to the people of
Pozzuoli! Prosperity to all from Nuceria!
The meathook for the
Pompeians and those of Pithecusa!
- Luci Istacidi, at quem non ceno,
barbarus ille mihi est.
Someone at whose table I do
not dine, Lucius Istacidius, is a barbarian to me.
- Arphocras hic cum Drauca bene futuit
denario.
Here Harpocras has had a good fuck with Drauca for a
denarius.
(C.I.L. IV,
2193; in the brothel)
- Lucius pinxit.
Lucius painted
this.
- Virgula Tertio suo: indecens
es.
Virgula to her Tertius: you are one horny
lad!
- Lucrum gaudium.
Profit is
happiness!
- Miximus in lecto. Fateor,
peccavimus, hospes.
Si
dices: Quare? Nulla fuit matella.
We have pissed in our beds. Host, I admit that we
shouldn't have done this.
If you
ask: Why? There was no potty.
- Oppi, emboliari, fur,
furuncule.
Oppius, clown, thief, petty crook!
- Marci Iuni insula sum.
I am the flat of
Marcus Iunius.
- Cacator cave malum, aut si
contempseris, habeas Iovem iratum.
Watch it, you that shits in
this place! May you have Jove's anger if you ignore
this.
- Pituita me tenet.
I've caught a
cold.
- Myrtis bene felas.
Myrtis, you do
great blow jobs.
- Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't
stink
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